Found 4 items, similar to obviate.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: obviate meniadakan
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: obviate menyingkirkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: obviate obviate v 1: do away with [syn: rid of, eliminate] [ant: necessitate] 2: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; “Let's avoid a confrontation”; “head off a confrontation”; “avert a strike” [syn: debar, deflect, avert, head off, stave off , fend off, avoid, ward off]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Obviate Obviate \Ob"vi*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obviating.] [L. obviare; ob (see Ob-) + viare to go, fr. via way. See Voyage.] [1913 Webster] 1. To meet in the way. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Not to stir a step to obviate any of a different religion. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going. [1913 Webster] To lay down everything in its full light, so as to obviate all exceptions. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]